SB 35

SD1

RELATING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

Creates a two-year pilot program for universal access to early childhood education for children age 5 or younger whose families are unable to afford quality early childhood education. Makes appropriations. (SD1)

SB 639

SD1

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Removes HCDCH from managing DOE teacher housing and authorizes DOE to manage DOE teacher housing. (SD1)

SB 778

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR SERVICES TO CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, AND FOR SCHOOL-BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES

Authorizes an emergency appropriation ($11, 672, 564) pay for increases in costs due to an increase in students identified as having Autism Spectrum Disorder and for increased cost for School-Based Behavioral Health Services.

SB 873

SD1

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires the department of education to staff qualified pre-school teachers and pre-school teacher aides in junior kindergartens beginning with the 2007-2008 school year. (SD1)

SB 950

RELATING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Clarifies that new century charter schools are subject to state land use laws and county zoning laws; requires audit and inspection by the charter school administrative office.

SB 1221

SD1

(SSCR563)

RELATING TO STUDENTS.

Appropriates funds for various class size initiatives. (SD1)

SB 1248

SD1

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Allows the DOE to utilize the Working Families Tax Relief Act to allow for the issuance of qualified zone academy bonds to subsidize school repair, renovation and restoration projects, equipment and technology acquisition, curriculum development, and teacher training. (SD1)

SB 1255

SD1

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Authorizes the department of education to adjust the price of school lunch. (SD1)

SB 1258

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Establishes a grant program in the department of education to develop K-12 lesson plans, curriculum, and other educational materials for civic responsibility. Appropriates funds to DOE for social studies textbooks to support civic responsibility, science textbooks, and to the grant program.

SB 1389

RELATING TO SCHOOLS.

Appropriates funds for the Hawaii 3R's school repair and maintenance fund and the Hawaii 3R's coordinator position.

SB 1533

PROPOSING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 2, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Requires the BOE to be composed of 17 voting members elected in a nonpartisan manner; requires each school board district to be composed of 3 representative districts; requires the chief election officer to delineate districts until 2010 reapportionment plan is adopted.

SB 1634

SD1

RELATING TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

Requires DOE to use empty classrooms and identify construction sites for early childhood education facilities. Authorizes DOE to inspect early childhood education facilities. Requests studies on the progress of the various private early childhood education programs and the age limits for public school junior kindergarten. Appropriates funds. (SD1)

SB 1636

SD1

RELATING TO TEACHERS.

Establishes annual increment salary increases for teachers and creates a comprehensive evaluation process for teachers.

SB 1642

SD1

RELATING TO TEACHERS.

Implements various programs and amendments to encourage teacher retention and recruitment. Appropriates funds. (SD1)

SB 1648

RELATING TO TUITION ASSISTANCE.

Makes a $1,000,000 appropriation for tuition assistance for national guard and military reservists enrolled in degree programs at the University of Hawaii.

SB 1660

SD1

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Transfers the management of the state educational facilities improvement special fund and capital improvement and repair and maintenance programs of school facilities to the department of education. Establishes the educational design and construction project assessment fund. (SD1)

SB 1661

SD1

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Appropriates funds to subsidize DOE information systems projects and provide additional support personnel and training to support the amendments made by Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004. (SD1)

SB 1814

SD1

RELATING TO IMPACT FEES.

Authorizes the department of education to assess and collect impact fees as fair share contributions of developers for state public school facilities construction. (SD1)

SB 1838

SD1

RELATING TO THE NATIONAL GUARD.

Authorizes the State to deposit the uniform maintenance allowance into a financial institution account designated by a member of the army or air national guard. Increases uniform maintenance allowance from $1.50 to $3 per day. Appropriates funds. (SD1)

SB 464

SD1

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Requires the board of regents of the University of Hawaii to pay a penalty to its employees for late payments of wages. (SD1)

SB 667

SD1

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR FLOOD LOSSES.

Makes an emergency appropriation of $25,000,000 to pay for unanticipated losses which were incurred by the University of Hawaii as a result of the October 30, 2004. (SD1)

SB 1065

SD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND MARKET DEVELOPMENT.

Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii to enable its college of tropical agriculture and human resources to conduct crucial research and outreach to develop and promote high-value agricultural products, breeding programs, and related activities. SD1)

SB 1747

SD1

RELATING TO THE LYON ARBORETUM.

Appropriates $900,000 to the University of Hawaii for repair, maintenance, and operation of the Harold L. Lyon Arboretum. (SD1)

SB 637

SD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A NON-EMERGENCY REPORTING SYSTEM, KNOWN AS 3-1-1.

Appropriates funds to the Honolulu police department for the development costs of a 311 non-emergency reporting system. (SD1)

SB 599

RELATING TO THE BOARDS OF REGISTRATION.

Transfers the boards of registration from the office of the lieutenant governor to the department of accounting and general services, for administrative purposes.

SB 609

RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY.

Increasing the maximum fee for motor vehicle registration.

SB 735

RELATING TO UNCLAIMED PROPERTY.

Repeals the permanent escheatment of unclaimed property to the State.

SB 845

SD1

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSING.

Conforms Hawaii law with the requirements of the federal commercial driver licensing statutes. (SD1)

SB 848

RELATING TO SECURITY FOR CONCESSION CONTRACTS.

Allows the use of legal tender or financial instruments other than bonds to secure performance under a concession contract.

SB 960

RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE.

Appropriates funds for tsunami preparedness efforts, including updating maps, installing and maintaining alarm sirens, constructing additional shelter space providing around-the-clock alert staff, and expanding public education campaigns.

SB 963

SD1

RELATING TO HIGHWAYS.

Creates a county highways task force within the department of transportation to oversee the transfer of all state highways functions and funding. Directs the task force to establish a timetable for the transfer of highway related functions and to review relevant highway related statutes and ordinances for possible revision, and conduct comprehensive review. (SD1)

SB 1038

SD1

RELATING TO THE HAWAII PROCUREMENT INSTITUTE.

Removes state procurement office's oversight of the Hawaii procurement institute. Establishes the institute under the UH. Appropriates funds for the institute. (SD1)

SB 1127

SD1

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CODE.

Provides that small purchase contracts awarded pursuant to section 103D-305 no longer require offerors to produce documentation to the procuring officer to demonstrate compliance. (SD1

SB 1222

SD1

RELATING TO THE SEARCH AND RESCUE REIMBURSEMENT ACT.

Authorizes actions by the State and counties to recover the costs of search and rescue against a person whose failure to exercise reasonable care or failure to comply with the law or public safety warnings, necessitated the search and rescue. (SD1)

SB 1244

RELATING TO EMERGENCY RELIEF FOR NATURAL DISASTERS.

Authorizes the governor to order the release of up to ten per cent of moneys in the emergency and budget reserve fund for emergency assistance to residents and businesses sustaining damage from natural disasters; makes an appropriation for emergency assistance.

SB 1343

RELATING TO EMERGENCY SHELTERS.

Requires that all emergency shelters in Hawaii be equipped with windows and doors that meet Federal Emergency Management Agency community emergency shelter standards.

SB 1591

SD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE "ROADS IN LIMBO" PROGRAM IN HAWAII COUNTY.

Appropriates funds to maintain and repair roads in the "roads in limbo" program in Hawaii county. (SD1)

SB 1752

SD1

RELATING TO THE STATE CAPITOL.

Provides for joint management of the entire state capitol building and grounds, including parking facilities, by department of accounting and general services and the joint legislative management committee. (SD1)

SB 1843

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.

Amends public procurement code to prohibit a governmental body from requiring a contractor for construction design service to indemnify the governmental body for the governmental body's negligence, but allows the governmental body to require the contractor to indemnify the State for the contractor's negligence.

SB 1876

SD1

RELATING TO HIGHWAYS.

Requires the DOT to use federal alternative standards that take into account environmental, scenic, aesthetic, historic, and other impacts when repairing or reconstructing a scenic highway in the state highway system. Limits state and utility liability. Establishes advisory commission. Appropriates funds for commission. (SD1)

SB 1808

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW.

Amends workers' compensation law, including but not limited to mandating further requirements for vocational rehabilitation providers, limiting the director's rulemaking authority, and specifying procedures for filing of claims.

SB 212

SD1

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENT.

Appropriates funds to the commission on Water Resource Management for a hydrologist position and a geologist position. (SD1)

SB 669

SD1

RELATING TO ANIMAL QUARANTINE FACILITIES.

Authorizes the Board of Agriculture to use animal quarantine facilities for certain reasonable rents or fees. Provides the means to deposit moneys derived from the use of animal quarantine facilities and property into the Animal Quarantine Special Fund. (SD1)

SB 671

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES.

Allows the use of funds in the Certification Services Revolving Fund to hire temporary employees to assist in certifying chicken eggs and meat.

SB 955

SD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation for agricultural research and market development. (SD1)

SB 1267

SD1

RELATING TO SHARK MONITORING.

Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources in conjunction with the Hawaii institute of marine biology to hire a contractor to tag and monitor sharks along the Leeward coast of Oahu from Pearl Harbor to Kaena Point. (SD1)

SB 1451

SD1

RELATING TO IMPROVING WATER QUALITY.

Appropriates funds to develop and demonstrate comprehensive watershed management measures to improve water quality of Lake Wilson and reduce contaminated sediments in statewide waterways. (SD1)

SB 1461

SD1

RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT.

Appropriates moneys to conduct a pilot project for the Kaiaka Bay, Oahu watershed and action plan. (SD1)

SB 1592

RELATING TO STATE PLANNING.

Creates a task force to review the Hawaii state plan and make recommendations for a sustainability plan to the year 2050. Requires the legislative auditor to create the sustainability plan. Directs the office of planning to assist the auditor to review the sustainability plan.

SB 1593

SD1

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Allows counties to recommend rural district amendments and form an advisory group to redefine rural districts. Conducts a study to develop policy recommendations to expand and enhance rural districts. Allows one-time reclassification of lands. Appropriates money for the purposes of this Act. (SD1)

SB 1877

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF PLANNING.

Clarifies that DBEDT has sole responsibility over land use and state planning functions and that the office of planning shall report to DBEDT and no other executive department. Requires that appointment of director of planning be with advice and consent of the Senate.

SB 1891

SD1

RELATING TO BOATING.

Requires an owner of a commercial vessel moored in a state small boat harbor to pay a minimum fee based on a percentage of gross revenues derived from the use of the vessel. Expands the types of fees and penalties established through rules relating to harbors to be deposited into the Boating Special Fund. (SD1)

SB 1899

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Makes an appropriation to DOA to develop guidelines and a marketing plan to obtain export clearances for Japan and other countries.

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Senator Brian T. Taniguchi